Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-08
MONDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1857,

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MONDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1887,
beginning at 9 O'Clock q H., sell at public auC.
ton, at the front door Ofthe Court House of Ohio
county, West Virginia, the tract of land belong
ing to the Northwest Virginia Agricultural So
ciety, knOSn Us the old FAIR GROUND
PROPERTY, :" situated on Wheeling Island, north
Of Zane street, and west Of North Huron street.
and containing, when measured TO the top of the
river bank, twenty-five and twelve hundredths
acres. The tract extends, and will be sold, fully
to the river.
Under authority OF said decree the said com
miSsiOners have caused the property Ia be divid.
ed into arCels, and have laid of streets aud
alleys through the same. A plat, showing the
arrangement of blocks, lots, streets and alleys,
has been prepared, and may be seen nj the OtlCe
of George Hook, Clerk Of the County Court Of
Ohio county. Printed copies Of said plat may,
on and after October LIST, he had OF the under
signed.
The property will first be offered rs a whole.
afterwards in blocks, and then in lots, az shown
on the plat, and will be sold In whichever way
may appear the most advantageous. when OF.
fcrcd in blocks, the blocks numbered five and
six may he offered together rs one parcel When
offered in lots, two contiguous lots may e offered
together, if bidders 50 desire. If the whole tract
he sold TO one purchaser, the streets, alleys and
lots may be diSrcgardCd He, in fuCh case, be.
comes the purchaser Of the streets and alleys
within the boundaries of the tract.
II any block be sold separately to one pur
chaser, he, Of course, may disregard the lot lines
Wllllu the IlOtk, Out hlItN NUS Dt OltltfI. ~
the blocks numbered five and six be- sOld 10
gether 10 one purchaser, the street running be-
tween said blocks, AMI the alley Tunping through
block five, may be disrcGarded, al the election Of
such purchaser, Ia be made and declared AT the
time o. the purchase If lac 20 elect 10 disregard
land clOsel said street and alley, then the south
end of said street where il passes through block
seven, fronting on Zane street, aud extending
north Ia the alley parallel with Zane street, will
be sold as a lot or lots.
There are ON said Fair Ground tract more than
two hundred RnG Thirty trees, Of which about
eighty are LombArdy Poplar. Of the rem Under
the greater part are Maple. All OF said trees are
well grown, probably more than half Of them
having trunks a foot or more in diameter
TERMS OF SALE-Fach purchaser 10 pay In
hand One.tlird, at least Of his purchase money,
and as much more thereof rs he may choose. and
the residue, II any, in two equal instruments,
bearing interest from the day Of sale, and pay
able respectively, in one and TWO years thereaf
ter. the deferred payments 10 be secured by
notes with good personal security. But II any
purchaser pay in band one halt, or more, Of his
purchase money, his notes for the deferred install.
ments oflhe sam shall be taken without p~ersonal
security. IN every case, however, the title must
be retained as security until payment In full.
GEORGE B.. CALDWELL,
WMe ERSKISE,
Special Commissioners
certify that bond has been given by said
Special Commissioners, as required by said de-
cree. JOHN W. MITCHELL,
scp2gb Clerk Of said Court.